Baby head down at 19 weeks

I just had my morph follow up with the Ob. Our bub is head down today and the Ob was a bit concerned she could feel his head when she did an internal.

She checked my cervix which she said was long & closed, and booked me in for another scan to check cervical length on 28 Dec. I think it's more that the bub's head is down that she is worried about. She has told me to rest in the meantime, not so easy at Christmas with guests coming...

Do you have a history of early labours, was there a shortened cervix on a previous ultrasound?

If not, and this is just a run of the mill normal pregnancy, then that is a really weird reaction by your OB. A baby at 20 weeks is very mobile and is likely to have changed position as soon as you walked out of the OB's office. It is totally normal to have a head down baby at a check at 20 weeks. I'm surprised that would have prompted the OB to do an examination as well- if she was genuinely concerned over possible preterm labour and wanted to see the cervix, a speculum should have been used- it's much safer than a digital examination (less risk of infection).

Obviously your OB had some worry by the head down position, but without further information it seems an odd reaction.

Not sure why your OB was worried but I don't think it would be because the baby is head down. This baby was breech when I saw my OB at around 21 weeks, then head down at around 25 weeks. Baby's at this point are consistently moving.

Maybe something else had her worried? I never had an internal exam while pregnant with DS, and won't need one this time until later (after 38weeks) which I've discussed with my OB.

I've never heard of an OB who would do an invasive internal exam (and both speculum AND fingers?????) when your scan results show quite clearly that your cervix is long and closed in an otherwise healthy pregnancy. At 19 weeks your baby can be any position they like really. I'm just shaking my head here.

Like =R2= I think that is just bizarre. A 19 week foetus can be head down, it can be sideways, upside down and using your uterus to bounce off.

If you had your scan again right now the chances are that your baby will be in a completely different position.Please do not be concerned but I would ask your doctor next time you see her why did she see fit to do not only a manual but speculum exam when there was no apparent clinical reason to do so.She didn't mention anything else OP?

I was sure your post must be a typo and you meant 39 weeks... babies at 19 weeks are flipping everywhere! At one of my morph scans I had to go out and go for a quick walk to see if baby would flip over to get some better shots - he did.

Seems really strange - has the cervix shortened from the first morph scan or something?!

But my thanks to all you lovely mummies & middies, I think I'll put it down to the Ob just being extra super cautious (too much perhaps) and not hold my breath til the next scan. I am sure bub has moved now as he feels a bit different, and I haven't had any sorts of pain or symptoms that would indicate any problems....